Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Coming to WiiWare June 1st

The brand new Final Fantasy title is set to hit the WiiWare service June 1st.

According to a Square-Enix ad in the June issue of Nintendo Power magazine, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years will be coming to Nintendo's WiiWare service on June 1, 2009.

While we haven't seen a lot of new information on this title lately, it has to be exciting for fans of the Final Fantasy series to hear news of this new game coming so soon. It also leads to speculation as to whether or not Square-Enix will release the original Final Fantasy IV on the Virtual Console to set this new WiiWare release up.

We'll have more information on Final Fantasy IV: The After Years as it becomes available, as well as a full review of the game when it hits the WiiWare service on June 1st.

Now if we could just find out how many points it will be and if it will be released in just one download or multiple episodes. I wish they would give other WiiWare games release dates too. Microsoft gives release dates for their XBLA games so why not Nintendo? Oh well, at least now I'll have my points ready for June 1st!

You forget that mobile phone games in Japan are WAY ahead of ours. This is gonna be great. Now I have less than a month to find FF4 and beat it. But I know someone who can help me with the first part! (hint hint Nintendo, hint hint)

You know, guys, I never see any mention of this, but you dudes KNOW this isn't one single game and that's it right? It's a multi-part release, like it was in Japan with individual parts coming out over time.

I was stunned to hear this, so I think it's info that needs to circulate a bit more lest people be shocked and angry come June 1st.

I think it's relatively well known at this point that it's episodic....a browse of the game's website indicates it'll be episodic, and the 9 parts will be released in some episodic format (conjecture has landed at 3 sets of 3 episodes apiece, which sounds reasonable)

@Swerd_MurdI thought so too, but most people still seem to refer to it as one single entity. Even on Wikipedia it's not completely made clear that it's anything but a single game with multiple chapters inside.

I just throw it out there whenever I think people might be getting the wrong impression, because I'd hate to see a bunch of disappointed folk when they realize they've only bought one out of multiple parts.

I hadn't heard the three episodes per release though, that would be a nice compromise on Square's part. I guess I'm just pessimistic after the mind-boggling Crystal Defenders split.

How about they release FFIV first on VC as they have promised, many gamers i'm sure even Final Fantasy fans have never played FFIV before and won't get this unless it's out for VC.. personally i'll wait, what's the point of playing a sequel..

Hmm, I suppose there is nothing stopping them from releasing the original Final Fantasy games out of order, so a VC release of FFIV before or on the day of this release isn't totally out of the question. I'm curious if they'll actually change the title from Final Fantasy II to IV for the North American release...

old news, but still feels great to read again and againI dont think they'll be launching FF4 on VC yet, SE is probably counting on you already played the original game 17 years ago, or one of the remakes on PSX, GBA or DS... why not track down one of those copies instead of waiting for a VC release? besides, GBA and DS remakes are by far the best releases of the game.

And about the episodic content , i hope that from day 1 you can buy all the episodes you want, and finish them at your own leisure, that could be the best way to sell the game